Sound healing: gong and crystal bowls sound baths in Battersea Reach, Wandsworth
Lie down and receive the healing potency of sound.
Sound healing has been used for millennia and is the perfect remedy for the stressors of modern life. All you need to do is lie down and receive - no experience needed. Leave feeling relaxed, restored, and with a deeply soothed nervous system.
This space opens with a short nervous system regulating breathwork practice, allowing you to get grounded and land into the present moment. You'll then embark on a deeply nourishing journey through the sound of crystal bowls, gongs, and shamanic instruments, inviting your mind, body, and spirit back to a state of inner harmony.
What is a sound bath?
A sound bath is a full-body listening experience - you lie down, get comfortable, and let the sound wash over and through you, much like water. At SOMA, we offer both crystal bowl and gong baths, each with its own distinct texture.
Crystal bowls produce clear, resonant tones that tend to feel bright and precise, often working with specific energy centres in the body.
Gongs, by contrast, create deep, complex layers of sound and vibration that can feel more immersive and enveloping, like being held inside the sound itself. Some sessions blend both, moving between the clarity of the bowls and the depth of the gong.
What are the benefits of it?
Regular sound bath practice is widely reported to support deep relaxation, ease anxiety and mental tension, and improve sleep quality.
Many people find that sound helps quiet a busy mind in a way that feels different from sitting meditation - there's less effort involved, and the sound does much of the work for you.
Physically, the vibrations can help release tension held in the body, while the deeply restful state induced by a sound bath allows the nervous system to shift out of fight-or-flight and into a state of genuine rest and repair.
How does the sound work?
Everything in the body - cells, tissues, fluids - vibrates at its own frequency, and sound is, at its core, vibration moving through space. When crystal bowls or gongs are played, the resulting sound waves move through the air and through you, encouraging the brain to slow down and shift towards the slower brainwave states associated with deep relaxation and meditation, similar to what happens as you drift toward sleep. This is sometimes described as entrainment: the idea that your body and mind naturally begin to synchronise with the rhythms and frequencies around you, settling into a calmer, more coherent state.
RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
Flow + Frequencies: Dive into Movement and Resonance
Join Autumn for a 2-hour monthly workshop exploring recalibration and connection through intuitive movement and sound healing. This immersive experience is designed to help you drop into your body and reconnect with your natural rhythm.
MOVEMENT
We'll begin with a gentle, intuitive Hatha practice that invites your body to soften and unfold at its own pace. There's no pressure to perform or achieve - simply allow yourself to move in a way that feels right for you. As tension releases and energy flows, your entire system begins to recalibrate from the outside in.
SOUND
As we transition into stillness, you'll be bathed in immersive frequencies and resonant tones carefully selected to guide your energetic being back to its natural state of equilibrium. Autumn will use a gentle gong and shamanic instruments to start, and the rest of the session she will guide you on your sound journey using crystal alchemy bowls. This is your time to rest deeply, receive, and allow the vibrations to do their work.
All levels welcome - whether you're new to movement and sound healing or have an established practice, this workshop offers a sacred space to pause, reset, and return to yourself.
RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
The Deep Rest: Yoga Nidra + Sound
Gea and Sam guide you through two practices that flow into one another. We begin with around thirty minutes of Yogic Sleep (Yoga Nidra), a gently guided meditative journey into that drowsy space between waking and sleeping, where the body can drop into genuine deep rest while the mind stays softly aware. Gea's voice leads you down through the layers while crystal singing bowls and other instruments play quietly underneath. From there, we move into a full sound bath led by Sam, where the instruments carry you the rest of the way, with nothing for you to do but lie back and receive.
Around thirty minutes of guided Yogic Sleep leads into a full live sound bath played on crystal singing bowls and other instruments, with sound woven through the whole practice from the first breath to the very last - a real chance to properly switch off.
No experience is needed, and there's nothing you have to bring beyond yourself, though you're very welcome to pack anything that helps you get cosy - a blanket, an eye pillow, or some extra layers. Mats and props will be here at the studio, and the practice suits everyone, whether you've rested this way many times before or it's your very first.
Experience Sound in our weekly classes
Vinyasa into Sound
A 75-minute practice designed to help you find balance and equanimity within. We begin by grounding into the space, arriving fully in the body and breath. From there, we move into an activating Vinyasa Open Level flow to build heat and gently burn through stagnant energy that may be creating blockages. The practice then transitions into Sound, inviting the nervous system to slow down and recalibrate thanks to Crystal Singing Bowls. Through vibration and stillness, we support balance between both hemispheres of the body and brain, allowing the effects of the movement to settle more deeply.
Slow Flow into Sound
Move slowly, breathe deeply, and come back to yourself in this gentle vinyasa flow. In this slower-paced class, you'll be guided through mindful asanas - holding each posture a little longer to fully melt into the moment. Soothing pranayama (breathwork) invites you to reconnect with your inner calm, laying the foundation for deep restoration. We'll then journey into stillness with a deeply nourishing sound healing savasana, as the resonant tones of crystal singing bowls wash over you - enhancing balance, tranquility, and inner peace.
